On this day, 29 years ago, June 25, 1996 (May 10, 1996, the US military base in Saudi Arabia was attacked by a terrorist attack. Photo: Female soldiers standing guard outside the US military air base in Saudi Arabia On June 25, 1996, a terrorist attack occurred on the US military base in Saudi Arabia, killing more than 60 people; a car bomb attacked the US military apartment at Dahran Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, killing 19 US military personnel and injuring more than 400 others. The United States may use the Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia. The base is located deep in the desert about 80 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. The base is about 64 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide. It has a runway more than 4500 meters long and complete aircraft take-off and landing and storage facilities. There are units such as the US Joint Air Combat Center, the Southwest Asia Joint Task Force Command, and the Joint Intelligence Center, equipped with various types of combat aircraft and command and control facilities. The U.S. Central Command Air Force Command is also located here. It is responsible for commanding and dispatching all U.S. air forces in the Gulf region. It is also responsible for leading the Southwest Asia Joint Task Force to patrol the no-fly zone in southern Iraq. In addition, the U.S. military also deploys the 320th Air Force Expeditionary Group, the 4409th Air Force Base Group, the 54th Signal Battalion, and the "Patriot" Task Force Missile Company, the 831st Transport Battalion Detachment, and the U.S. Military Training Corps at bases such as Eskanvilich and Dhahran, about 20 kilometers south of Riyadh Air Force Base.